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For example, the 2004 Indonesian earthquake made the planet slightly less oblate — picture the figure skater pulling her arms in — and therefore shortened the day by 2.68 microseconds (1 microsecond is equal to 0.001 milliseconds).
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Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
The difference is slight: 58.7 microseconds per Earth day.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
But even on the world’s most powerful exascale computers, a full month of compute produces just a few microseconds of simulated time.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Data from the wheel speed sensors are processed every five milliseconds, even though the sensors can detect wheel movement every 0.1 microseconds.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
The difference is slight: 58.7 microseconds per Earth day.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
But even on the world’s most powerful exascale computers, a full month of compute produces just a few microseconds of simulated time.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Data from the wheel speed sensors are processed every five milliseconds, even though the sensors can detect wheel movement every 0.1 microseconds.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd 
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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